- Originally, her classic song "To Sir with Love" was a B-side to the song "Let's Pretend". However, when the A-side failed to chart, American disc jockeys flipped the record and began playing the B-side, which went to #1 in 1967. She is the only British artist to have a #1 single on the American charts with a song that didn't even chart in the United Kingdom.
- Her mother was one of seven and was given away to a family called MacDonald who raised her.
- She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to entertainment.
- Lulu, Sheena Easton, and Shirley Manson are all Scottish artists who have sung 007 title songs, respectively for the films Sát Thủ Với Khẩu Súng Vàng (1974), Riêng Cho Đôi Mắt Em (1981), and Thế Giới Không Đủ (1999) - none of which starred fellow-Scot Sean Connery as James Bond.
- Her recording of "To Sir With Love", from the movie of the same name, was the #1 best-selling single of 1967 in the United States. Despite its popularity, and the popularity of the film, the song was inexplicably absent from the list of Oscar nominees for Best Song that year, which was especially surprising because its lyricist, Don Black, had won the award the previous year for "Born Free".
- She recorded her classic hit single "Shout" when she was age 15, which was performed at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
- In 2014, she attended the wedding of Elton John to his husband David Furnish.
- Is a huge fan of popular singer Susan Boyle.
- She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to entertainment, music and charity in London, Greater London, England.
- The eldest of four, she has two brothers and a sister. One of her brothers is called Billy.
- Grandmother of Isabella Rose Frieda.
- Continues as host for her weekly self-titled BBC Radio 2 rock and roll tribute show. As a recognized world rock artist, she spotlights rockers and composers from the 1950s to the present and relates personal stories from her life and her interactions with other artists. (May 2005)
- Her son, Jordan Frieda is an actor; he appeared as Miles Silverstone on the ITV1 drama series 24Seven (2001).
- Has a skin care line called "Time Bomb".
- She was a guest-call taker for the phone lines of the donations to The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live (2006).
- She was often seen as the UK's answer to America's Brenda Lee with her husky voice.
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